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after all; to investigate; to study carefully; Taiwan pr. [jiu4]

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

穴 (semantic, “cave”) + 九 (phonetic, jiǔ)

components: 穴九

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穴 hole + baseball

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 九

Siblings built with the same phonetic component 九 (jiǔ) — compare how they read:

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
九 sound component	jiǔ	nine
轨	guǐ	track, rut, path
仇	chóu	enemy; hatred, enmity
鸠	jiū	pigeon; to collect, to assemble
旭	xù	the rising sun; brilliant, radiant
宄	guǐ	traitor; villain
犰	qiú	armadillo
艽	jiāo	large-leaf gentian
馗	kuí	cheekbone; path, road, intersection
氿	guǐ	spring
鼽	qiú	sclogged nose

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
中美文化研究中心	Zhōng Měi Wén huà Yán jiū Zhōng xīn	the Hopkins-Nanjing Center, located in Nanjing, est. 1986 (formally, the Johns Hopkins Uni…
日本原子能研究所	Rì běn Yuán zǐ Néng Yán jiū suǒ	Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute
经不起推究	jīng bù qǐ tuī jiū	does not bear examination
欧洲核子研究中心	Ōu zhōu Hé zǐ Yán jiū Zhōng xīn	European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN, at Geneva
发展研究中心	Fā zhǎn Yán jiū Zhōng xīn	Development Research Center (PRC State Council institution)
追根究底儿	zhuī gēn jiū dǐ r	erhua variant of 追根究底[zhui1 gen1 jiu1 di3]
神学研究所	shén xué yán jiū suǒ	seminary
盘根究底	pán gēn jiū dǐ	lit. to examine roots and inquire at the base (idiom); to get to the bottom of sth
究其根源	jiū qí gēn yuán	to trace something to its source (idiom)
研究中心	yán jiū zhōng xīn	research center
归根究底	guī gēn jiū dǐ	(idiom) in the final analysis
科学研究	kē xué yán jiū	scientific research
研究人员	yán jiū rén yuán	research worker; research personnel
追根究底	zhuī gēn jiū dǐ	to get to the heart of the matter
研究生院	yán jiū shēng yuàn	graduate school
学究	xué jiū	pedant
研究小组	yán jiū xiǎo zǔ	research group
中央研究院	Zhōng yāng Yán jiū yuàn	Academia Sinica, research institution headquartered in Taipei
探究式	tàn jiū shì	exploratory
研究报告	yán jiū bào gào	research report